Notre Dame put on a show in their final regular season game against Syracuse. The Irish put up 70 points this afternoon which is the most points scored inside of Notre Dame Stadium since 1932. They scored in all three phases of the game, offense, defense and special teams. Notre Dame's rushing attack ran wild as Jeremiyah Love, Jadarian Price, Aneyas Williams and Kenny Minchey all found the end zone.
The first and second team defense held the Orange out of the red zone, but in similar fashion to last week, the opponent scored on their final offensive play of the ball game. This was Notre Dame's largest margin of victory in the Freeman era, and it did not disappoint. The Irish have extended their win streak to nine in a row and will look to make it 10 in a row next week when they travel out to Stanford. After the game, head coach Marcus Freeman spoke about their 63-point victory over Syracuse.
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Here are some of Freeman's main quotes from today's post-game press conference:
Freeman On If The Team Played To It's Full Potential Today
"I have to go and evaluate it," Freeman answered. "Obviously the score shows a dominant victory, right? But that doesn't always mean you played perfect, or it doesn't always mean you played horribly if you win a close game. I mean, they played really, really well, you know. But I still think there's more. I'll find reasons to make sure our guys understand that there's more out there. It wasn't perfect. It wasn't perfect. And we need to make sure that we attack those things and enhance the things we're doing well. But it was a really good performance."
Freeman On What Jeremiyah Love Brings Outside Of Stats
"He's a special football player, we know that," Freeman said about his all-star running back. "But it's a confidence that you have when he's on the field, he has the ball in his hands, when he's on your team, because he's consistent. He's not just once in a while he makes a play. He consistently does his job. Now, that might mean it's a 50-yard touchdown on this play. But he's a guy that's been so consistent and consistently performs well. So I think it brings a lot of confidence to our team, too."
Freeman On The Depth On Defense
"I think we have a deep team in all positions, but they don't always get the opportunity to go out there and perform," Freeman answered. "That's what was cool about today is no matter if you played or not, I want them to feel a part of team glory because of the work they put in during the week. Today was one of those unique games where they actually got a chance to get a reward and go play in the game. I'm proud of the way those guys that usually don't get an opportunity to play played; Ethan Long is a great example, to have two of them. He had a couple tackles, that's what I talk about when I talk about the standard doesn't change no matter who's on that field. And for the most part, they really played to that standard the entire game."
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